Ekaterina Zhuzhleva

A screen version of several conceptual texts by the artist Yuri Albert.

1\2 – a poem about how they left me once. This person became for a very short time the one because of whom I stopped seeing my own world. All that remains is what he pointed out. He was an unearthly figure for me, which I wanted to touch with all my might. To be involved in his world. And when my desire became too strong, it was over. And I was left alone among nothing.

This animated documentary takes us on a bittersweet journey into the lives of immigrants in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. They share the experience of struggles, frustrations, and hopes as they try to find their place. Who is a local and who is an outsider in a world where borders are increasingly questioned?

I'm gathering things for my friends who were arrested for protesting against the war – books, soft toys, food. Once, twice. Now the list is endless and I'm gathering my own things.